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BM 038657 (P471659)
Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038657 |
|---|---|
| ID | P471659 |
| Museum no. | BM 038657 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | saŋ-ba ki nu-te-a ŋeš-hur(par₃) nu-[dib-ba] | in a place that cannot be approached, a shady place not to pass |
| {ŋeš}šita nu-un-bur₂-ra sa-par₃ ⸢nu⸣-[x-x] | The one who does not release a woman, the net of Enû- | |
| ina kak-ku ul up-taš-šar {giš}TUKUL-šu₂ ina ⸢sa-pa⸣-[ri] | He did not release his weapon in the sapara plant | |
| 4 | {ŋeš}si-ŋar ši-ga-[ru] | a type of sulphur |
| 5 | {ŋeš}gag si-ŋar sik-kat {<[MIN(ši-ga-ru])>} | a head, a neck, and a shoulder |
| 6 | {ŋeš}si-ŋar ⸢gu₇⸣-e kul-la-li ša₂ {<[MIN(ši-ga-ru])>} | The sibar plant, the egû-plant, and the kullalu-plant |
| 7 | {ŋeš}gar₃-ba kar-[ru] | in the prebend of Karru |
| 8 | {ŋeš}gag gar₃-ba sik-kat {<[MIN(kar-ru])>} | The breast-bone is shaved. The hair is trimmed. |
| 9 | {ŋeš}⸢x⸣ [...] | The ešû-priest |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢har⸣ [zabar] [si-me]-ru | a bronze ḫašû-vessel |
| 3' | har šu ⸢zabar⸣ {<[MIN(si-me-ru])>} ⸢qa⸣-[a-ti] | Hand of ešabar plant |
| 4' | har ŋiri₃(GAN) ⸢zabar⸣ {<[MIN(si-me-ru])>} še-e-⸢pi⸣ | a ring of carnelian, ešabarû-stone, ditto of ēpu-stone |
| 5' | har gu₂ gal zabar {<[MIN(si-me-ru])>} u₂-lu | a large bronze bracelet |
| 6' | {iti}NE U₄ 6KAM | Month of Abu, day 6, |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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